10 Horror Movies That Turned Out Nothing Like You Were Promised
1. Scream
Despite having the likes of A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills Have Eyes, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and the fantastic People Under the Stairs to his name, it's Scream which stands up as Wes Craven's true masterpiece.
Hitting cinemas in 1996, Scream completely changed the game when it comes to slasher movies and the larger world of horror, period. Craven masterfully managed to poke fun at the tired tropes of the genre, whilst also delivering a film full of genuine terror.
How did Scream turn out differently to what audiences expected? Why, that's in how it made the genius call to kill off Drew Barrymore in less than 15 minutes.
At that point in time, Barrymore was handily the biggest name involved in Scream, and her face was the one leading the charge in any and all promotional material for the film. Billed as being the traditional 'final girl' of this '96 picture, it was taken for granted that Drew's Casey Becker would make it through to the end of the movie.
Instead, Casey is brutally slaughtered in Scream's hugely impactful opening sequence, with Neve Campbell's Sidney Prescott instead the lead character of the movie and the greater Scream franchise.